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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1901
Page
7
A lyrical piece from the St Louis Post Dispatch reflecting on pine and mint scents of nature versus urban roses. The speaker longs for rural country days, forest edges, and a lake-like memory, invoking childhood imagery of meadows, towers, and bee labor.
In a Berkshire village Tim Dole a devout believer in spirit phenomena and Honest John Davis share spectral tales with George Cowee, a Westward traveler. After a night of ghostly rappings the pair await news until a telegram arrives reporting George Cowee’s death in Denver.
A Duluth News Tribune fragment shows Stis resisting a teasing city miss, as Manus taunts her from the window. She deflects with sharp wit about reading tables and chores, highlighting sibling banter and the era’s humor on duty and propriety. A stray line notes thrift’s mixed ethics in a final proverb.
A described home made milk cooler suitable for any dairy farm outlines a hinged ice box, overflow water pipe, and a two sided cover for easy access. The system directs overflow to a trough and through a rubber rose line to the desired point, adaptable in size to circumstantial needs.
A historical note explains that rapid silo filling may not be essential for quality ensilage. It contrasts a quick fill with slower filling, arguing moisture, not speed, governs preservation and that delayed handling can still yield high quality fodder.
A Breeder's Gazette reader asserts long term success raising horses on alfalfa pasture and hay with no grain, citing two Percheron foals weighing 1,700 and 1,800 pounds. He notes no adverse effects from well cured alfalfa and promotes grain feeding in chicks for range growth and eventual market readiness. He also traces evolution of apples from sour wild varieties to the modern fruit.
Practical advice for peach tree borers and worm control with arsenic in Bordeaux mix, soil conditioning for sweet potatoes, irrigation efficiency, and a hoist method to keep dinner from jarring while hauled on a wagon. Emphasizes timing, weather, and field conditions for best yields and smoother farm routines.
Practical guidance on canning blackberries pears currants and vegetables with steps for boiling sugar vinegar and water, plus methods for marbled enamel cloth finishes, creamy asparagus soups, stews and condiments. Includes chicken legs deviled, gooseberry jam, and quick cucumber dishes with precise measures and cooking times.
John Fiske American historian and lecturer died recently at East Gloucester Massachusetts. Born Hartford Connecticut in 1845 he pursued languages and science from age six through calculus and navigation. Harvard Law 1865, later teaching history and philosophy, famed public lecturer on historical and philosophical topics. He lived with extreme study habits and unusual health practices including constant draughty rooms and long hours, rarely drinking wine, but smoking incessantly.
A Gardner Maine woman assists in her husband’s smith shop proving skill at the anvil. The piece urges testing a child’s persistence with slight obstacles, valuing purposeful drive while noting the influence of parental guidance and the appeal of an opera for sharpening feminine appetite.
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